Media

We invest in companies with innovative and disruptive business models that seek to transform the way stories are told, enabling them to reach greater audiences and deliver compelling content.

Selected Investments

Air Mail was launched in 2019 as a lively digital weekly for the world citizen. Its editors set out to provide readers with spirited, well-written journalism from across the globe, delivered in an elegantly-designed digital platform each Saturday morning at 6:00.

Founded by Martina Mondadori, Christoph Radl and Gianluca Reina in 2014, Cabana Magazine aims to inspire a new generation of globetrotters, taking them on a journey through sophistication, obsessive collecting, colors and fabrics.

Puck is a platform for smart, engaging journalism owned and operated by the journalists themselves. Founded in partnership with a team of entrepreneurial journalists who believe in a better model to create excellent content while narrowing the synapse between elite creators and their audiences.

Co-founded by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg, Pushkin Industries is spreading the joy of podcasting, one episode at a time. Pushkin makes a number of shows, including Revisionist History, Broken Record, The Happiness Lab and more.

Spiegel & Grau is a new multi-platform publisher that understands the power of stories to enhance meaning, deepen understanding, engage emotions, effect change and enlarge our sense of humanity by connecting us to people and places we may never experience in our lifetimes.

New York Times: Former Condé Nast Editor Plans a Vanity Fair for the Substack Era

Axios: Scoop: Media startup banks on charging for buzzy business news

Bloomberg: A New Media Startup Treats Reporters Like Social Media Influencers

Wall Street Journal: Malcolm Gladwell’s New Word Order: Audiobook First

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